"Barry McGuigan Finbar Patrick 'Barry' McGuigan MBE (born 28 February 1961) is an Irish retired professional boxer and current boxing promoter. Born in Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland, McGuigan was nicknamed ""The Clones Cyclone"" and became the WBA and lineal featherweight world champion. He was very popular with Irish and British audiences, representing neutrality and peace in a time when Ireland, where he lived, was affected by The Troubles. In 2005 he was inducted into the international boxing hall of fame. He founded, and is the current president of, the Professional Boxing Association (PBA). McGuigan is the founder and CEO of"
"He won five newspaper decisions, lost three and drew two. Klondike (boxer) Klondike (1 January 1878 – 3 February 1949) was an African American boxer billed as ""The Black Hercules"" who declared himself the black heavyweight champion (not to be confused with the World Colored Heavyweight Championship, which he officially fought for just once and unofficially another time). Born John Haines or John W. Haynes, the 6' tall Klondike fought out of Chicago as a heavyweight at a weight of 190 to 200 lbs. from 1898 to 1911. He took the nickname because he was supposed to be a great"
"Klondike (boxer) Klondike (1 January 1878 – 3 February 1949) was an African American boxer billed as ""The Black Hercules"" who declared himself the black heavyweight champion (not to be confused with the World Colored Heavyweight Championship, which he officially fought for just once and unofficially another time). Born John Haines or John W. Haynes, the 6' tall Klondike fought out of Chicago as a heavyweight at a weight of 190 to 200 lbs. from 1898 to 1911. He took the nickname because he was supposed to be a great find (evoking the Klondike Gold Rush). He made his pro"
"bout. Marion Wilson Marion Wilson (born October 19, 1956) is an American heavyweight boxer. Marion, despite having faced some of the heavyweight elite of his generation, he is perhaps best known for never being knocked out or stopped. As a result, he is considered by many to have one of the best chins in boxing, and boxing writer James Slater included him on a list of boxing's best ""chins"" and Livefight.com ranked him as #8 in terms of best heavyweight chins ever. He holds wins over Corey Sanders, Mike Hunter, and Paea Wolfgramm. Nicknamed ""The Creep"" and ""Jackhammer"", Wilson turned"
"Marion Wilson Marion Wilson (born October 19, 1956) is an American heavyweight boxer. Marion, despite having faced some of the heavyweight elite of his generation, he is perhaps best known for never being knocked out or stopped. As a result, he is considered by many to have one of the best chins in boxing, and boxing writer James Slater included him on a list of boxing's best ""chins"" and Livefight.com ranked him as #8 in terms of best heavyweight chins ever. He holds wins over Corey Sanders, Mike Hunter, and Paea Wolfgramm. Nicknamed ""The Creep"" and ""Jackhammer"", Wilson turned professional"
"WWE over these reports. Balls Mahoney Jonathan Rechner (April 11, 1972 – April 12, 2016), better known by his ring name Balls Mahoney, was an American professional wrestler. He is perhaps best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) during the late 1990s and early 2000s, where he was a three-time ECW Tag Team Champion, as well as working for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its ECW brand. Mahoney last worked for American independent promotions. Rechner was born in Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey. He started wrestling at the age of 15. Rechner trained at the Monster Factory"
"Jack Johnson (boxer) John Arthur Johnson (March 31, 1878 – June 10, 1946), nicknamed the Galveston Giant, was an American boxer who, at the height of the Jim Crow era, became the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion (1908–1915). Among the period's most dominant champions, Johnson remains a boxing legend, with his 1910 fight against James J. Jeffries dubbed the ""fight of the century"". According to filmmaker Ken Burns, ""for more than thirteen years, Jack Johnson was the most famous and the most notorious African-American on Earth"". Transcending boxing, he became part of the culture and the history of"
"Carl Duane Carl Duane (June 25, 1902 – June 23, 1984) also known as the ""Bronx Steamroller"", was an American boxer in the super bantamweight division who held the World Super Bantamweight Championship. During his career, Duane defeated such men as Charlie Phil Rosenberg, Lou Herley, Danny Edwards, Harry London, Young Montreal, Mickey Brown, Frankie Conway and Jack ""Kid"" Wolfe. He was managed by Mike Valentine. Carl was born in New York City on June 25, 1902. His first professional fight was against Silent LaMont on April 6, 1921 winning by decision. In 1923 of August, he met Jack ""Kid"""
"Archie Moore Archie Moore (born Archibald Lee Wright; December 13, 1916 – December 9, 1998) was an American professional boxer and the longest reigning World Light Heavyweight Champion of all time (December 1952 – May 1962). He had one of the longest professional careers in the history of the sport, competing from 1935 to 1963. Nicknamed ""The Mongoose"", and then ""The Old Mongoose"" in the latter half of his career, Moore was a highly strategical and defensive boxer, with a great chin and durability. Archie Moore ranks fourth on ""The Ring""s list of ""100 greatest punchers of all time"". Moore"
"Balls Mahoney Jonathan Rechner (April 11, 1972 – April 12, 2016), better known by his ring name Balls Mahoney, was an American professional wrestler. He is perhaps best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) during the late 1990s and early 2000s, where he was a three-time ECW Tag Team Champion, as well as working for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its ECW brand. Mahoney last worked for American independent promotions. Rechner was born in Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey. He started wrestling at the age of 15. Rechner trained at the Monster Factory and debuted in 1987,"
"Eugene Hart Eugene ""Cyclone"" Hart (born June 16, 1951) was a terrific punching American middleweight boxer who fought from 1969 to 1982. Hart never fought for the title and could not get a victory against the upper echelon fighters he faced. His best showing against a top notch fighter was when he fought ""Bad"" Bennie Briscoe to a 10 round draw on November 18, 1975. Unfortunately he was stopped in one round by Briscoe in their rematch on April 6, 1976. Another big win for Hart was the 10 round decision he earned over former Olympic champion Sugar Ray Seales"
"Cyclone Mackey Corbin James Massey (July 19, 1903 – December 30, 1979) was an American professional wrestler known under a number of ring names such as Cyclone Mackey, Ciclón McKey, La Maravilla Emmascarada, Mr. X, The Grey Mask and The Yellow Mask. Massey was the first wrestler to work masked in Mexico as the ""enmascarado"" character ""La Maravilla Enmascarada"" (Spanish for ""The Masked Marvel"") and helped starting the tradition of masks in ""Lucha libre"" that still exists today. Massey was one of many wrestlers who used the name ""Masked Marvel"" during the early days of wrestling. During his career he"
"Cliff Couser Clifford Couser (born May 18, 1971) is a heavyweight boxer. Nicknamed ""The Black Bull"" and often ""Twin Tyson"" for his resemblance to Mike Tyson, Couser fought several contenders from his era. Couser has also claimed a numerous times to be the half brother of Mike Tyson. Couser turned pro in 1993 and has beaten notable fighters, such as James ""Quick"" Tillis, Jorge Luis Gonzalez and Monte Barrett. His career peak was 25-10, until he lost to former light Heavyweight and Heavyweight champion Michael Moorer and went 1-11 after that. He has won the Utah State Heavyweight title and"
"Matt Osborne Matthew Wade Osborne (July 27, 1957 – June 28, 2013) was an American professional wrestler. Osborne was a second generation wrestler, the son of Tony Borne, and is best known as being the first wrestler to portray the character of Doink the Clown. Under the ring name Matt Borne, Osborne debuted on December 6, 1978 and wrestled for various National Wrestling Alliance territories, most prominently for Pacific Northwest Wrestling, where he was their heavyweight and four-time tag champion. In Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling on June 6, 1980, he won his first championship, also the first of two tag"
"Manson Gibson Manson Howard Gibson (born May 5, 1963) is a retired American kickboxer and a 12-time Muay Thai and Kickboxing World Champion. He was known for his vicious use of spinning techniques and wild, unpredictable style. Sometimes referred to as the ""Thai Killer"". Gibson was one of the United States' greatest kickboxers and is credited with over 100 wins and more than 80 KOs, including around 40 via headkick. After a series of early career wins and claiming titles such as the K.I.C.K. Super Middleweight World Championship, Gibson found the competition at home (aside from two losses to Rick"
"Ciclón Ramirez Celso Reyes Daza (born July 28, 1961) is a luchador, or professional wrestler, best known under his ring name ""Ciclón Ramírez"" (Spanish for ""Cyclone Ramirez). Reyes worked as ""Pegaso I"" for six years before switching to the Ciclón Ramirez name in 1988. As Ramirez he originally worked as an ""enmascarado"", or masked wrestler but was unmasked after losing a ""Luchas de Apuestas"", or bet fight, to El Felino. The character ""Ciclón Ramirez"" is billed as a relative of the character Huracán Ramírez, which is a storyline invented for wrestling. Reyes' son currently works as Ciclón Ramírez, Jr. Celso"
"Williams. He therefore adopted the name by which he would eventually become famous, Stone Cold Steve Austin or Stunning Steve Austin, which later became his legal name (as Steve Austin, without the ""Stone Cold"" portion). Many boxers have used ring names as their mode of identification during their professional boxing careers, particularly more so during the late 19th century and the early 20th century. Some began with the prefix ""Kid"". Famous examples include: Various sports martial artists, such as Bill 'Superfoot' Wallace and Benny 'The Jet' Urquidez, have added monikers to their names. Bruce Lee's Chinese name 'little dragon' is,"
"1971. Ismael Laguna Ismael Laguna Meneses (born June 28, 1943, in Colón, Panama) is a former professional boxer. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2001. Known as ""El Tigre Colonense"", Laguna was the World Lightweight Champion in 1965 and later regained the belt in 1970, but he was stripped of his WBC title prior to losing the WBA Title to Ken Buchanan. Laguna also lost 15 round decisions in two other bids to regain his lightweight title, in 1967 against Carlos Ortiz, and in 1971 to Ken Buchanan. He retired after the loss to Buchanan"
"Haines, of Slidell, Louisiana. Joe Brown died in New Orleans, USA, on November 21, 1999. Joe Brown (boxer) Joe Brown (May 18, 1926 – December 4, 1997) was an American professional boxer who won the world lightweight title in 1956, making 11 successful defenses before losing his crown to Carlos Ortiz in 1962. Brown was a classic boxer and a knockout puncher. Known as the 'Creole Clouter' and Joe 'Old Bones' Brown, he was managed by Lou Viscusi and named ""The Ring""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s 'Fighter of the Year' for 1961. Brown was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1996."
"Steve Collins Stephen Collins (born 21 July 1964) is an Irish former professional boxer who competed from 1986 to 1997. Known as ""The Celtic Warrior"", Collins is the most successful Irish boxer in professional boxing history, having held the WBO middleweight and super-middleweight titles. Collins' first nineteen professional fights all took place in the United States. In 1988 he won the Irish middleweight title, and the regional American USBA middleweight title the following year, defending the latter successfully in Atlantic City and Las Vegas. In his first two world championship challenges, both for the WBA middleweight title, Collins lost split"
"Joe Brown (boxer) Joe Brown (May 18, 1926 – December 4, 1997) was an American professional boxer who won the world lightweight title in 1956, making 11 successful defenses before losing his crown to Carlos Ortiz in 1962. Brown was a classic boxer and a knockout puncher. Known as the 'Creole Clouter' and Joe 'Old Bones' Brown, he was managed by Lou Viscusi and named ""The Ring""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s 'Fighter of the Year' for 1961. Brown was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1996. Born into poverty in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, on May 18, 1926, Brown started work"
"Charley Turner Charley Turner (1 January 1862 – 13 August 1913) was an African American boxer who claimed to be the colored middleweight champion of the World in the Gay Nineties. Born in Stockton, California in 1862, Turner was known as ""The Stockton Cyclone"". He fought out of Stockton at a weight of between 148 and 156 lbs. during his career, which would classify him as a middleweight by modern reckoning as well as by the standards of the time. Boxing historian Nat Fleischer claimed that Turner, whom he called a ""great two-fisted fighter, as fearless as they come"", won"
"the name, Doink the Clown. However, he did not appear in any other licensed wrestling game afterwards. Matt Osborne Matthew Wade Osborne (July 27, 1957 – June 28, 2013) was an American professional wrestler. Osborne was a second generation wrestler, the son of Tony Borne, and is best known as being the first wrestler to portray the character of Doink the Clown. Under the ring name Matt Borne, Osborne debuted on December 6, 1978 and wrestled for various National Wrestling Alliance territories, most prominently for Pacific Northwest Wrestling, where he was their heavyweight and four-time tag champion. In Mid Atlantic"
"Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali (; born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer, activist, and philanthropist. Nicknamed ""The Greatest"", he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated sports figures of the 20th century and one of the greatest boxers of all time. He was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, and began training as an amateur boxer when he was 12 years old. At age 18, he won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, then turned professional later"
"Hulk Hogan Terry Gene Bollea (, born August 11, 1953), better known by his ring name as Hulk Hogan, is an American retired pro wrestler, actor, television personality, entrepreneur and musician. Hogan is regarded by many as the greatest professional wrestler of all time. According to IGN, he is ""the most recognized wrestling star worldwide and the most popular wrestler of the 1980s"". Hogan enjoyed considerable mainstream popularity between 1984 and 1993 as a face in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), which continued for the remainder of the 1990s in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), where he turned heel"
"Wolfe for the World Super bantamweight championship. Duane won over 12 rounds by unanimous decision. Duane ended his career in 1929 after his decision loss to Al Singer. His overall record was 65 fights with 43 wins by decision and 13 by knockouts, 16 losses and 6 draw decisions. Duane was inducted into the New Jersey Boxing Hall of fame, posthumously, in 1984, shortly after his death career. Duane was featured on the cover of the March 1924 issue of ""The Ring"" magazine. Carl Duane Carl Duane (June 25, 1902 – June 23, 1984) also known as the ""Bronx Steamroller"","
"in prison. Agapito Sánchez Agapito Sánchez (February 14, 1970 – November 14, 2005) was a boxer from the Dominican Republic, nicknamed ""El Ciclón"", in the Super Bantamweight weight class. He won 37 of his 50 fights, 18 by knockout. In 1995, Sanchez challenged WBO superbantemweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera but lost via a twelve-round unanimous decision. He also faced future champions Juan Manuel Márquez, Freddie Norwood, and Guty Espadas, Jr. but came up short in each bout. In 1998, Sanchez defeated future champion Óscar Larios via technical knockout. In 2001, he defeated Jorge Monsalvo Sánchez to win the vacant WBO"
"Nate Jones (boxer) Nathaniel Henry ""Nate"" Jones (born August 18, 1972) is an American former Olympic and professional boxer. Nicknamed ""The Snake"", Jones won the National Golden Gloves 1994 and 1995 and the Heavyweight bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Jones began his career undefeated in 17 fights over opponents. In his first test against Friday Ahunanya, Jones lost a split decision. After two victories over limited foes, Jones stepped up against future titlist Lamon Brewster, who destroyed Jones in a TKO 3. Shortly after the loss, Jones retired after doctors diagnosed him with diminished reflexes and speech. Jones"
"Carlos Newton Carlos Newton (born August 17, 1976) is an Anguillian-born Canadian retired mixed martial artist and one of the original MMA pioneers. He is a former UFC Welterweight Champion and Pride FC Japan MMA Legend. Known as ""The Ronin"", he competed worldwide in the biggest MMA organizations including UFC, Pride FC, IFL, K-1, Shooto and most recently W-1. He is a 3rd Degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt alongside his coach Terry Riggs under Renzo Gracie, at Warrior MMA in Newmarket, Ontario. Newton has always been considered a fan favourite and a ""Submission Master"" and has dubbed his personal fighting"
"also the North American Heavyweight titles. Couser played Mike Tyson in the HBO film """". He has a son by the name of Sky Christopher King who resides in Rosedale, Mississippi and a daughter by the name of Shae Moore who lives in Las Vegas. Cliff Couser Clifford Couser (born May 18, 1971) is a heavyweight boxer. Nicknamed ""The Black Bull"" and often ""Twin Tyson"" for his resemblance to Mike Tyson, Couser fought several contenders from his era. Couser has also claimed a numerous times to be the half brother of Mike Tyson. Couser turned pro in 1993 and has"
"Ciclón Negro Ramon Eduardo Rodriguez (April 7, 1932–February 20, 2013), better known by the ring name Ciclón Negro (Black Cyclone), was a professional wrestler who was originally from Venezuela. He toured the Australia, Canada, Japan and the United States. He achieved a good amount of popularity and recognition during the 1970s. Negro was born in San Felipe, Venezuela on April 7, 1932. In his early days he was a welder, an occupation he would return to in later years. At the height of his popularity he was recognized as being one of the best wrestlers of the day. He was"
"Gennady Golovkin Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin (Cyrillic: ; born 8 April 1982), often known by his nickname ""GGG"" or ""Triple G"", is a Kazakhstani professional boxer. He is a former unified middleweight world champion, having held the WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, and IBO titles between 2010 and 2018. As of October 2018, he is ranked as the world's second best active middleweight by ""The Ring"" magazine, the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB), and BoxRec. He is also ranked as the world's fifth best active boxer, pound for pound, by ""The Ring""; third by BoxRec; and eighth by the TBRB. Golovkin won"
"was ranked as the top flyweight of all-time by the International Boxing Research Organization in 2006. Jimmy Wilde William James Wilde (15 May 1892 – 10 March 1969) was a Welsh professional boxer and world boxing champion. Often regarded as the greatest British fighter of all time, he was the first official world flyweight champion and was rated by American boxing writer Nat Fleischer, as well as many other professionals and fans including former boxer, trainer, manager and promoter, Charley 'Broadway' Rose, as ""the Greatest Flyweight Boxer Ever"". Wilde earned various nicknames such as, ""The Mighty Atom,"" ""Ghost with the"